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11/30/2009
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Term
"Loggerhead"
 Definition
"Caretta caretta"
Term
"Green turtle"
 Definition
"Chelonia mydas"
Term
"Hawksbill turtle"
 Definition
"Eretmochelys imbricata"
Term
"Olive Ridley turtle "
 Definition
"Lepidochelys olivacea"
Term
"Leatherback turtle"
 Definition
"Dermochelys coriacea"
Term
"California sea lion"
 Definition
"Zalophus californianus"
Term
"Steller (Northern) sea lion"
 Definition
"Eumetopias jubatus"
Term
"Northern Fur Seal"
 Definition
"Callorhinus ursinus"
Term
"Guadalupe fur seal"
 Definition
"Arctocepalus townsendi"
Term
"Pacific harbor seal"
 Definition
"Phoca vitulina richardii"
Term
"Northern elephant seal"
 Definition
"Mirounga angustirostris"
Term
"Walrus"
 Definition
"Odobenus rosmarus"
Term
"Northern Pacific right whale"
 Definition
"Eubalaena japonica"
Term
"Northern Atlantic right whale"
 Definition
"Eubalaena glacialis"
Term
"Bowhead whale"
 Definition
"Balaena mysticetus"
Term
"Pygmy right whale"
 Definition
"Caperea marginata"
Term
"Gray whale"
 Definition
"Eschrichtius robustus"
Term
"Blue whale"
 Definition
"Balaenoptera musculus"
Term
"Fin whale"
 Definition
"Balaenoptera physalus"
Term
"Minke whale"
 Definition
"Balaenoptera acutorostrata"
Term
"Humpback whale"
 Definition
"Megaptera novaeangliae"
Term
"Sperm whale"
 Definition
"Physeter macrocephalus"
Term
"Pygmy sperm whale"
 Definition
"Kogia breviceps"
Term
"Cuvier's beaked whale"
 Definition
"Ziphius cavirostris"
Term
"Shepard's beaked whale"
 Definition
"Tasmacetus shepherdi"
Term
"Baird's beaked whale"
 Definition
"Berardius bairdii"
Term
"Arnoux's beaked whale"
 Definition
"Berardius arnuxii"
Term
"Narwhal"
 Definition
"Monodon monoceros"
Term
"Beluga"
 Definition
"Delphinapterus leucas"
Term
"Striped dolphin"
 Definition
"Stenella coeruleoalba"
Term
"Common bottlenose dolphin"
 Definition
"Tursiops truncatus"
Term
"Northern right whale dolphin"
 Definition
"Lissodelphis borealis"
Term
"Pacific white-sided dolphin"
 Definition
"Lagenorhynchus obliquidens"
Term
"Killer whale"
 Definition
"Orcinus orca"
Term
"Short-finned pilot whale"
 Definition
"Globicephala macrorhynchus"
Term
"Risso's dolphin"
 Definition
"Grampus griseus"
Term
"Short-beaked common dolphin"
 Definition
"Delphinus delphis"
Term
"Long-beaked common dolphin"
 Definition
"Delphinus capensis"
Term
"Harbor porpoise"
 Definition
"Phocoena phocoena"
Term
"Dall's porpoise"
 Definition
"Phocoenoides dalli"
Term
"Common Loon"
 Definition
"Gavia immer"
Term
"Yellow-billed Loon"
 Definition
"Gavia adamsii"
Term
"Pacific Loon"
 Definition
"Gavia pacifica"
Term
"Red-throated Loon"
 Definition
"Gavia stellata"
Term
"Clark's Grebe"
 Definition
"Aechmophorus clarkia"
Term
"Western Grebe"
 Definition
"Aechmophorus occidentalis"
Term
"Red-necked Grebe"
 Definition
"Podiceps grisegena"
Term
"Horned Grebe"
 Definition
"Podiceps auritus"
Term
"Eared Grebe"
 Definition
"Podiceps nigricollis"
Term
"Pied-billed Grebe"
 Definition
"Podilymbus podiceps"
Term
"Black-footed Albatross"
 Definition
"Phoebastria nigripes"
Term
"Laysan Albatross"
 Definition
"Phoebastria immutabilis"
Term
"Northern Fulmar"
 Definition
"Fulmarus glacialis"
Term
"Sooty Shearwater"
 Definition
"Puffinus griseus"
Term
"Short-tailed Shearwater"
 Definition
"Puffinus tenuirostris"
Term
"Pink-footed Shearwater"
 Definition
"Puffinus creatopus"
Term
"Buller's Shearwater"
 Definition
"Puffinus bulleri"
Term
"Black-vented Shearwater"
 Definition
"Puffinus opisthomelas"
Term
"Leach's Storm-petrel"
 Definition
"Oceanodroma leucorhoa"
Term
"Black Storm-petrel"
 Definition
"Oceanodroma melania"
Term
"Ashy Storm-petrel"
 Definition
"Oceanodroma homochroa"
Term
"Fork-tailed Storm-petrel"
 Definition
"Oceanodroma furcata"
Term
"Brown Pelican"
 Definition
"Pelecanus occidentalis"
Term
"American White Pelican"
 Definition
"Pelecanus erythrorhynchos"
Term
"Pelagic Cormorant"
 Definition
"Phalacrocorax pelagicus"
Term
"Brandt's Cormorant"
 Definition
"Phalacrocorax penicillatus"
Term
"Double-crested Cormorant"
 Definition
"Phalacrocorax auritus"
Term
"Least Bittern"
 Definition
"Ixobrychus exilis"
Term
"American Bittern"
 Definition
"Botaurus lentiginosus"
Term
"Black-crowned Night Heron"
 Definition
"Nycticorax nycticorax"
Term
"Green Heron"
 Definition
"Butorides virescens"
Term
"Snowy Egret"
 Definition
"Egretta thula"
Term
"Great Egret"
 Definition
"Ardea alba"
Term
"Great Blue Heron"
 Definition
"Ardea herodias"
Term
"Canada Goose"
 Definition
"Branta canadensis"
Term
"Brant"
 Definition
"Branta bernicla"
Term
"Mallard"
 Definition
"Anas platyrhynchos"
Term
"Gadwall"
 Definition
"Anas strepera"
Term
"Green-winged Teal"
 Definition
"Anas crecca"
Term
"American Wigeon"
 Definition
"Anas americana"
Term
"Northern Pintail"
 Definition
"Anas acuta"
Term
"Northern Shoveler"
 Definition
"Anas clypeata"
Term
"Blue-winged Teal"
 Definition
"Anas discors"
Term
"Cinnamon Teal"
 Definition
"Anas cyanoptera"
Term
"Ruddy Duck"
 Definition
"Oxyura jamaicensis"
Term
"Wood Duck"
 Definition
"Aix sponsa"
Term
"Canvasback"
 Definition
"Aythya valisineria"
Term
"Redhead"
 Definition
"Aythya americana"
Term
"Ring-necked Duck"
 Definition
"Aythya collaris"
Term
"Greater Scaup"
 Definition
"Aythya marila"
Term
"Lesser Scaup"
 Definition
"Aythya affinis"
Term
"Black Scoter"
 Definition
"Melanitta nigra"
Term
"White-winged Scoter"
 Definition
"Melanitta fusca"
Term
"Surf Scoter"
 Definition
"Melanitta perspicillata"
Term
"Harlequin Duck"
 Definition
"Histrionicus histrionicus"
Term
"Long-tailed Duck"
 Definition
"Clangula hyemalis"
Term
"Barrow's Goldeneye"
 Definition
"Bucephala islandica"
Term
"Common Goldeneye"
 Definition
"Bucephala clangula"
Term
"Bufflehead"
 Definition
"Bucephala albeola"
Term
"Common Merganser"
 Definition
"Mergus merganser"
Term
"Red-breasted Merganser"
 Definition
"Mergus serrator"
Term
"Hooded Merganser"
 Definition
"Lophodytes cucullatus"
Term
"Clapper Rail"
 Definition
"Rallus longirostris"
Term
"Virginia Rail"
 Definition
"Rallus limicola"
Term
"Sora"
 Definition
"Porzana carolina"
Term
"American Coot"
 Definition
"Fulica americana"
Term
"Black Oystercatcher"
 Definition
"Haemaopus bachmani"
Term
"American Avocet"
 Definition
"Recurvirostra americana"
Term
"Black-necked Stilt"
 Definition
"Himantopus mexicanus"
Term
"Snowy Plover"
 Definition
"Charadrius alexandrinus"
Term
"Semipalmated Plover"
 Definition
"Charadrius semipalmatus"
Term
"Killdeer"
 Definition
"Charadrius vociferus"
Term
"Black-bellied Plover"
 Definition
"Pluvialis squatarola"
Term
"Marbled Godwit"
 Definition
"Limosa fedoa"
Term
"Whimbrel"
 Definition
"Numenius phaeopus"
Term
"Long-billed Curlew"
 Definition
"Numenius americanus"
Term
"Willet"
 Definition
"Catoptrophorus semipalmatus"
Term
"Greater Yellowlegs"
 Definition
"Tringa melanoleuca"
Term
"Spotted Sandpiper"
 Definition
"Actitus macularia"
Term
"Short-billed Dowitcher"
 Definition
"Limnodromus griseus"
Term
"Long-billed Dowitcher"
 Definition
"Limnodromus scolopaceus"
Term
"Ruddy Turnstone"
 Definition
"Arenaria interpres"
Term
"Black Turnstone"
 Definition
"Arenaria melanocephala"
Term
"Surfbird"
 Definition
"Aphriza virgata"
Term
"Rock Sandpiper"
 Definition
"Calidris ptilocnemis"
Term
"Red Knot"
 Definition
"Calidris canutus"
Term
"Dunlin"
 Definition
"Calidris alpina"
Term
"Sanderling"
 Definition
"Calidris alba"
Term
"Western Sandpiper"
 Definition
"Calidris mauri"
Term
"Least Sandpiper"
 Definition
"Calidris minutilla"
Term
"Red-necked Phalarope"
 Definition
"Phalaropus lobatus"
Term
"Red Phalarope"
 Definition
"Phalaropus fulicaria"
Term
"Heermann's Gull"
 Definition
"Larus heermanni"
Term
"Bonaparte's Gull"
 Definition
"Chroicocephalus philadelphia"
Term
"Ring-billed Gull"
 Definition
"Larus delawarensis"
Term
"Mew Gull"
 Definition
"Larus canus"
Term
"HerringGull"
 Definition
"Larus argentatus"
Term
"California Gull"
 Definition
"Larus californicus"
Term
"Glaucous Gull"
 Definition
"Larus hyperboreus"
Term
"Western Gull"
 Definition
"Larus occidentalis"
Term
"Glaucous-winged Gull"
 Definition
"Larus glaucescens"
Term
"Black-legged Kittiwake"
 Definition
"Rissa tridactyla"
Term
"Sabine's Gull"
 Definition
"Xema sabini"
Term
"Forster's Tern"
 Definition
"Sterna forsteri"
Term
"Least Tern"
 Definition
"Sternula antillarum"
Term
"Elegant Tern"
 Definition
"Thalasseus elegans"
Term
"Royal Tern"
 Definition
"Thalasseus maximus"
Term
"Caspian Tern"
 Definition
"Hydroprogne caspia"
Term
"Pomarine Jaeger"
 Definition
"Stercorarius pomarinus"
Term
"Parasitic Jaeger"
 Definition
"Stercorarius parasiticus"
Term
"Common Murre"
 Definition
"Uria aalge"
Term
"Pigeon Guillemot"
 Definition
"Cepphus columba"
Term
"Marbled Murrelet"
 Definition
"Brachyramphus marmoratus"
Term
"Xantus' Murrelet"
 Definition
"Synthliboramphus hypoleucus"
Term
"Craveri's Murrelet"
 Definition
"Synthliboramphus craveri"
Term
"Ancient Murrelet"
 Definition
"Synthliboramphus antiquus"
Term
"Cassin's Auklet"
 Definition
"Ptychoramphus aleuticus"
Term
"Rhinoceros Auklet"
 Definition
"Cerorhinca monocerata"
Term
"Horned Puffin"
 Definition
"Fratercula corniculata"
Term
"Tufted Puffin"
 Definition
"Fratercula cirrhata"
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